A Magistrate Court in Ile-Ife, Osun State, has, on Thursday, remanded a former President of the Students’ Union of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Oyekan Ibukun, in prison over alleged theft of funds…
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Court To Lagos Pastor: You Must Answer EFCC Charges On $1.66m Dud Cheque
Ayodeji Ibrahim Oluokun’s no-case motion was dismissed by Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court in Ikeja, Lagos. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) charged the Lagos-based pastor…
Just In: Court fines Zenith Bank N500,000 in landmark judgment over spam messaging
A high court in Ogun state has ordered Zenith Bank Plc to pay N500,000 as damages for sending spam messages to one Omotola Fathiat Quadri. Quadri had, in the…
Court sentences three Nigerian women to prison for discrediting Quran
The Zamfara State Upper Shari’a court in Guasu has sentenced three women suspected to have desecrated the Holy Qur’an to 5 years and six months in prison after finding them guilty of…
Court Sentences Nigerian Man To Dèath For Stèaling Torchlight, N2,350 And Other
A 31 year old man identified as Nsikak Joseph Udofia, has been sentenced to death by an Akwa Ibom State High Court in Ikot Ekpene, for armed robbery and life imprisonment, for…
Court Bows, Refuses To Remove Governor Ayade, Deputy For Defecting To APC
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday refused to declare vacant, the governorship seat of Ben Ayade over his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress,…
Tory Lanez Arrested In Court For Violation Of Protective Order
Tory Lanez was arrested in court on Tuesday (Apr 5). According to TMZ, Tory Lanez violated the protective order levied against him in his case with Megan Thee Stallion. The violation is…
JUST IN: Court jails man three months for snatching handbag
An Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun on Tuesday sentenced a 40-year-old man, Akinola Obisesan, to three months imprisonment, for snatching a handbag containing N100,000 and other valuables. The police charged…
Court clears money laundering charges against ex-NNPC GMD Yakubu
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, discharged and acquitted a former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Andrew Yakubu, of money laundering charges. Justice Ahmed…
Lawyer To Court: Remove ex-military leaders from council of state
An Anambra-based lawyer, Nwafili Okwuosa has called on a federal high court in Awka to remove former military heads of state from the council of state. The council of state,…